Formal writing is often used for academic and business work. It has a serious tone, facts, standard punctuation, and a third-person perspective. It does not include contractions, clichés or metaphors.
I have read the passage in "The Contest" and I believe the following lines suggest that Emperor Nero was ruthless:
“Quick, Policles, quick!” he cried. “My pony is tethered behind yonder grove. A grey he is, with red trappings. Get you gone as hard as hoof will bear you, for if you are taken you will have no easy death.”“No easy death! What mean you, Metas? Who is the fellow?”“Great Jupiter! did you not know? Where have you lived? It is Nero the Emperor! Never would he pardon what you have said about his voice. Quick, man, quick, or the guards will be at your heels!” - This was the conversation of Policles and his friend, Metas of Corinth......................<span />
Answer:
If a state government is trying to decide whether to repair area bridges or make improvements to local schools, then economists and sociologists are most likely engaged in a "cost-benefit analysis".
Explanation:
The situation wherein you would double the final consonant in a base word before adding a suffix is option D. When the base word ends with consonant + vowel + consonant and the suffix begins with a vowel. For example: the word, "FAT" when we add the suffix -er and -est, it becomes "fatter" and "fattest". The letter "T" is doubled, then add the vowel suffix.